Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Section 482 BNSS | Anticipatory Bail Mandatory for Non-Life Imprisonment Offences Under Child Marriage Act If Accused Has Clean Record : Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court rules that anticipatory bail must be granted under Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC) for offences under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, where the accused has no criminal antecedents and cooperates with investigation. The judgment reinforces that bail is a right, not discretion, for offences not punishable with life imprisonment or death.